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SENATE,  May  24,  1864. — Laid  upon  the  table  and  ordered  to  be 
printed. 

[By  Mr.  Semmes.] 


-JOHSTT    RESOLXJTIOIsr 

Of  the   iieneral   Assembly  of  the    State  of  Loumana  relative  to  claims 
against  the  Confederate  Government. 

Skction  I .  Be  it  resolve  I  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of 
the  State  of  Loxdsiana,  in  General  Assembly  convened.  That  our  Senators 
and  Representatives  in  Congress  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  requested 
to  use  their  influence,  and  urge  upon  the  Confederate  Government  the 
necessity  of  having  an  officer  or  officers  with  power  to  audit  and  pay 
to  the  citizens  of  Louisiana  the  claims  they  may  have  against  the 
Confederate  Government,  for  all  property  impressed  or  destroyed  by 
order  of  officers  in  the  Confederate  service,  and  for  hire  of  teams, 
negroes,  &c. 

Section  2.  Be  it  further  resolved,  Ac,  That  the  Governor  be  re- 
quested to  transmit  to  our  Senators  and  Representatives  in  Congress 
a  copv  of  the  foregoing  resolution. 

J.  B.  ELAM;  -'  ' 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
JOHN  MOORE, 

Pre^i4lWkl^iAUSi^''iMiSJmH-  .. 
Approved,  February  10,  1864. 

HENRY  W.  ALLEN, 
Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana, 
A  true  copy  : 

P.  D.  Hardy,  Secretary  of  State. 


Executive  Office,      ) 
Shreveport,  La.,  February,  1864.  5 
Sir  :  As  requested  by  the  General  Assembly,  I  have  the  honor 
herewith  to  transmit  to  you  a  copy  of  the  annexed  resolution,  adopted 
by  the  Legislature  of  this   State,  and  respectfully  invite  your  atten- 
tion to  the  same.  Respectfully,  &c., 

HENRY  W.  ALLEN, 
Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana. 


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